Pionersky, Kaliningrad Oblast
Pionerski (Russian Пионерский; German until 1946 Neukuhren; lithuanian Kuršiai ) is a town with 11,016 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010 ) in Kaliningrad Oblast (Russia).
- 3.1 Evangelical
- 3.2 Catholic
Geography
Pionerski is located on the Baltic Sea on the Sambia Peninsula, between the seaside resorts Selenogradsk ( Cranz ) and Swetlogorsk (noise) about 35 kilometers north of the Oblasthauptstadt Kaliningrad (Königsberg ).
The town forms a separate urban district.
History
The village is known for Neukuhren 1254. Towards the end of the 19th century it became one of the beach resorts on the north coast of the Sambia Peninsula, but was overshadowed by the neighboring Cranz and noise.
On June 13, 1874 Neukuhren office and village its name to a newly established office district. He belonged to the district Fischhausen, 1939-1945 to the district Sambia in the district of Königsberg the Prussian province of East Prussia. On September 30, 1928, the neighboring Gutsbezirk cheeks pitcher on the Baltic Sea was incorporated Neukuhren in the rural community.
During the Second World War, the Wehrmacht were in Neukuhren troops stationed: the Luftwaffe Field Regiment Neukuhren, the aviator training regiment and the 10 pilot schools A 125 and A / B 125
After the war the city to the Soviet Kaliningrad Oblast came, received in 1946 the Soviet city right under its current name, derived from Russian pioner for Pioneer, a member of the Pioneer Organization " W. I. Lenin ".
District Neukuhren (1874-1945)
Between 1874 and 1945 was Neukuhren seat of the administrative district of the same name, were among the first 13 rural communities or estate districts:
Due to the restructuring were on January 1, 1945, only five municipalities District Neukuhren: Battau, Loppöhnen, Neukuhren, Rantau and Schlakalken.
Demographics
Note: Census data ( unless otherwise stated )
Church
Protestant
Neukuhren before 1945 had no separate Protestant church, but belonged to the parish the parish church of St. Lawrence (now Russian: Salskoje ). This was in the church circle Fischhausen ( Primorsk ) in the ecclesiastical province of East Prussia the Church of the Old Prussian Union incorporated. Today Pionerski lies in the catchment area of the newly formed Evangelical Lutheran congregation in Selenogradsk ( Cranz ), a branch church of the Resurrection Church in Kaliningrad (Königsberg ), belonging to the provost of Kaliningrad in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in European Russia.
Catholic
In Neukuhren there was before 1945 a Roman Catholic church made of brick.
Economy and infrastructure
Pionerski is seaside resort and important port of the Russian fleet.
There is a rail link with commuter trains to Kaliningrad North Station and the neighboring villages Swetlogorsk ( former Sambia train ) and after Selenogradsk ( former Königsberg - Cranzer railway). The train station of the city is called Pionerski spa.